No Sunday matinee
opening weekend
for any show except A Christmas Carol
San Pedro Playhouse Youth Program
CURTAIN UP!
The curtain is going up on our newest theater arts
class beginning September 18 at San Pedro Playhouse
for aspiring young performers ages seven to 15. The
group, aptly called "Curtain Up!" will meet every
Saturday at San Pedro Playhouse from 10:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. through December 11. The semester-long
program will culminate with a performance recital in
the San Pedro Playhouse Russell Hill Rogers
Theater. The class will cover all areas of theater
arts, including theater games, terms, improvisation,
singing, dancing and auditioning techniques.
Tuition will be $200 per student for the entire
semester. A limited number of need-based
scholarships are available. Call the Box office at
210-733-7258 to enroll your kid today.
TROUPE
San Pedro Playhouse's Youth Performance Group
Students ages 7 to
18 can audition for the fall and spring
semesters of Troupe, San Pedro
Playhouse's youth
educational/performance program.
Students will be placed in one musical
production after the audition, depending
on their age and experience. The Troupe
program meets every Saturday at the
theater. The specific time will depend
on which show they are placed in. If
accepted into the program, there will be
a tuition fee of $350. A limited number
of need-based scholarships are
available.
NO REFUNDS after the
first day of class.
UPCOMING TROUPE
PRODUCTIONS
Aladdin Kids
(tickets go on sale in
late Nov.)
Show Dates
December 5-9, 2010 at 6:30 PM
in the Cellar Theater
Tickets: $10.00
Children and Student Tickets: $5.00
Open Seating
Guys and Dolls Jr.
(tickets go on sale in
late Oct.)
Show Dates
December 12-14, 2010 at 7:00 PM
in the Russell Hill
Rogers Theater
Tickets: $10.00
Children and Student Tickets: $5.00
Reserved Seating
Show Title & Run Dates
Audition Dates
Requirements
Troupe Fall Semester:
Guys
and Dolls Jr. & Aladdin Kids
September 4th at 12:00 pm
Prepare your best excerpt of a
song (a verse or a chorus) and
bring sheet music
No CD or taped accompaniments
please
Prepare for a possible dance
audition
Troupe Spring Semester:
Seussical Jr. & Alice in Wonderland
Jr.
January 8th at 12:00 pm
Prepare your best excerpt of a
song (a verse or a chorus) and
bring sheet music
No CD or taped accompaniments
please
Prepare for a possible dance
audition
Meet
the Directors
Christopher Rodriguez (Youth Program Director / Troupe Director and Choreographer)
has been performing on the San Pedro Playhouse stage for over
nine years. Recently,
he directed the San Pedro Playhouse
production of Altar Boyz.
Prior to that, he played Protean in
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum, Wayne Frake in State Fair
and Ching Ho in Thoroughly Modern Millie. His
favorite roles at the Playhouse were in
Once Upon a Mattress (Prince Dauntless),
Beauty and the Beast (Lefou),
Cabaret (Bobby), West Side Story (Baby John) and
A
Chorus Line (Mark). He was the co-director and choreographer for
Zombie Prom and
choreographer for Gilbert and Sullivan's
Patience at San Pedro Playhouse. He is
also San Pedro Playhouse's Office
Manager. He has choreographed for
various high school choirs and
theater programs in the North East
Independent School District and at
the Church Bistro Theatre. Credits elsewhere include
Oklahoma
(Sam Houston State University), Diviners,
The Shadow Box, The Miracle
Worker, When Pigs Fly (Actors Theatre of San Antonio), You're a Good Man Charlie
Brown (ATAC Globe Winner) and Southern Baptist Sissies
at the Church
Bistro Theatre.
Andrew Hendley (Headliners Music Director) has been teaching middle
school choir for the past eleven years. He graduated from Trinity University with
a Bachelor's in Music and a Master of Arts in teaching. While teaching in NEISD after
graduating, Mr. Hendley sang with the San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers. He then relocated
to Las Vegas, where he continued to teach and joined the UNLV Chamber Chorale, which
performed at the MGM Grand Garden with the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra, as well
as the Chapman University Choral Festival.
Mr. Hendley was the Choir Director at Woodlake
Hills for six years. He now teaches elementary-level music in Judson ISD. He was
a section leader and soloist of the St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Parish Choir and
has been playing in the orchestra for San Pedro Playhouse for the past four
years. At the Playhouse, he has been the Musical Director for
Cabaret, The Mikado
and Footloose.
Amy Suzanne Dullnig (Troupe
Jr. Director) has appeared in several shows at the
Playhouse, most recently in A
Christmas Carol: The Musical, Here's Love,
Hair and Aida. Other favorites include
Scrooge, South Pacific,
My Fair Lady, and The King and I. As a member of the Texas
Christian University (TCU) choir, she performed twice at Carnegie Hall singing with
the New York Pops under the direction of the late Skitch Henderson. She holds a
Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Incarnate Word and a Bachelor
of Fine Arts from TCU. She has conducted the Playhouse's summer
camp for four years.
Jillian Cox (Troupe Music Director) has been seen on the Playhouse
stage as Meg Brockie in Brigadoon, Carrie Pipperidge in
Carousel, for both of which
she received ATAC Globe Awards for Excellence in Acting; the title role of Gilbert
& Sullivan’s Patience in the Cellar
Theater as well as Eve in Meet me in St. Louis
and Sister Miller in Damn Yankees on the Russell Hill Rogers stage. Other roles
include the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, Sister Margaretta in
The Sound of Music
and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and Lucy in
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, Mary in
Child of the Promise and Penny Sycamore
in You Can't Take It With You in Tokyo, Japan. In the San Antonio area, Ms. Cox
performed with the UTSA Lyric Theatre as Monica in
The Medium, Nellie Forbush in
South Pacific and Kaye in The Taffetas. She also performs frequently as a young
artist with the San Antonio Opera.
800 West Ashby (Ashby at San Pedro Ave.) P.O. Box 12356 San Antonio, TX 78212
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